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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Aug 12, 2026

Bonta characterized Ellison's demand as an "attempt to blackmail the state into letting an illegal deal through."

reason.com
Brenna Bird
@brennabird· IA· Aug 12, 2026

I think we see that our Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that we have here in Iowa is doing well, it is very efficient.

iowacapitaldispatch.com
Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· Aug 12, 2026

My office will use every tool available to protect innocent lives and ensure that every child receives the care required under Texas law.

dailycaller.com
Marty Jackley
@martyjackley· SD· Aug 11, 2026

While we respect the panel’s decision, we still believe the South Dakota Legislature reached a fair solution to our petition process, without infringing on the First Amendment.

southdakotasearchlight.com
Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Aug 11, 2026

At a time when homeownership is more expensive than ever, the Trump administration is trying to make it even more costly with these unlawful rules.

rhodeislandcurrent.com
Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Aug 11, 2026

I want Oklahomans to be able to fully vet the project for its environmental impacts, foreign ownership and governance ties.

oklahomavoice.com
Gentner Drummond
@gentnerdrummond· OK· Aug 11, 2026

The public interest lies in enforcing Oklahoma’s nuisance and environmental laws, protecting the health of Inola families and preserving the livestock economy and natural resources of the region.

oklahomavoice.com
Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Aug 11, 2026

Paramount has lost the plot as it continues to lose in court. It didn’t work the first time … and it won’t work this time.

salon.com
William Tong
@williamtong· CT· Aug 11, 2026

Connecticut offers in-state tuition and financial aid to all eligible Connecticut students because all kids deserve the opportunity to learn, to advance, and to achieve their dreams.

portal.ct.gov
William Tong
@williamtong· CT· Aug 11, 2026

Note to Trump—stay out of Connecticut. How we run our schools and teach our kids is none of your business and you have no authority to force the sovereign State of Connecticut to deny our kids a future.

portal.ct.gov
Marty Jackley
@martyjackley· SD· Aug 10, 2026

This ruling guarantees that our healthcare providers will continue to access these discounted medications and use them in ways that best serve their communities.

southdakotasearchlight.com
Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Aug 10, 2026

Despite the enormity of this project, DTE’s application omitted or glossed over several categories of investment costs, declined to provide modelling as normally used to evaluate large investment proposals, and presented extensively…

michiganadvance.com
Charity Clark
@charityclark· VT· Aug 9, 2026

Vermont’s agricultural industry is integral to the state’s economy, and hemp is an innovative and worthwhile part of that sector.

vtdigger.org
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Aug 9, 2026

The WNBA knows better than to play games down here in Florida, because I’ll be charging people with assault.

dailycaller.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Aug 9, 2026

Uthmeier said he’d like the statewide prosecutor to assume jurisdiction to prosecute poaching to ensure that those arrested are held accountable.

floridaphoenix.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Aug 9, 2026

Repeated poaching could become a first-degree felony, ‘where you are looking at several years, many years behind bars,’ he said.

floridaphoenix.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Aug 9, 2026

If an individual is convicted of poaching on private land near people, a dwelling, or infrastructure, the penalty would be elevated to a second-degree felony.

floridaphoenix.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Aug 9, 2026

We don’t have a lot of prosecutions when people are caught. Right now, most poaching offenses are mere misdemeanors. It’s a slap on the wrist and it has not been enough to deter bad actors who are out there breaking the law.

floridaphoenix.com
James Uthmeier
@jamesuthmeier· FL· Aug 9, 2026

Over the last year and a half since I’ve been in office as attorney general, we’ve received quite a few complaints where poaching is very prevalent here in the state of Florida,

floridaphoenix.com